A very large and extrafine bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate cross designs, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.
Very impressive round seal with a small solid cross in the center and large cross-arms in the openwork style...
An attractive very honest pottery bowl, in a original state for type, basically repaired, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 10th. century.
The bowl decorated with brown line decoration on white glaze. Old tag from European collection on the side.
Size: 19,5 cm. wide and 7 cm. tall.
Condition: Very fine, assembled from fragments and intact. Completely original crackled glaze, no repainting. See the closeups for the condition of the glaze...
A large Zoomorphic style bronze plaque with a loop for attachment on the back, Scythian c. 700-400 BC.
Attractive with a bird-like creature displayed in the advanced steppe style.
Size: 67 mm. tall and 29 mm. wide.
Condition: Nice VF, intact with a green patina.
Ex. Hafnia Coins, ancient coin dealer in Copenhagen, inventory from c. 1990s.
A beautiful and rare stone stamp seal, carved in black serpentine with a high handle, Western Anatolia or Syria, Neo-Hittite States, late 2nd. mill. BC - early 1st. millenium BC.
Triangular seal plate, engraved with a small 4-legged animal reclining on another 4-legged animal with horns, finely made knob handle with piercing and engravings on the top!
Diameter: 18 x 18 mm. height 10,5 mm.
Condition: Superb.
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The large seal of the hemispheric form and probably Parthian or early Sasanian, so like 0-500 AD, could be earlier though.
Done in a fantastic stone type - black with a spiders web of lighter colours. Attractive in hand.
The shape of this stamp seal was probably invented by the Neo-Babylonians and continuued to be made in the near east until the end of the Sasanian period. The base is engraved with an unidentified cruciform symbol.
Size: c. 22 mm. wide...
A very nice triangular stamp seal with a wide base engraved with the image of a Bull, Western Mesopotamia, 4th. mill. BC.
Nice and unusual carving.
Size: 32 cm. wide and 23 mm...
A highly unusual bronze seal with a 14,3 cm. projecting handle, Bactria, Hindu-Kush area, c. 3rd. millenium BC.
A very rare design of the handle which suggests that it could have been for heating and perhaps marking lifestock?, interesting and with a beautifuly carved star design of the base. First time in stock ever.
Size: Handle is 14,3 cm. long and 2,5 cm. diameter of the star shaped seal...
A finely carved seal in an attractive beige stone, dating to the late 3rd.- early 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal in the round gable form, looking much like a scaraboid, and engraved with a strong scene of a horned animal.
Size: 20 mm. in diameter and 8 mm...
A very rare and interesting stamp seal of quality bone or tusk, Greek period of the Levante, ca. 4th. century BC.
A beautifully carved and polished smaller stamp seal of semi-globular shape and wthe engraving of a stagg on it's face. The medium fully polished and now attractively patinated and the relief is deep.
Size: 12 x 10 mm.
Condition: Complete and intact, very rare for an ancient bone artifact. With the typical natural hairline cracks
Ex. Ger...
Seal seal carved like a fruit or a flower pot and on the base an engraved cross, loop at the top. carved in brownish stone, finely polished. Western Mesopotamia, probably 4th.-3rd. mill. BC
Size: 25 mm. X 18 mm.
Condition: Near Extremely Fine.
Comes with imprint and original collection Id card.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from ...
Finely carved larger stone scaraboid with winged lion, Middle Assyrian, c. 14th.-12th. cent. BC.
The seal unusually detailed and carved in a black stone, probably serpentine.
Size: 20 x 19 mm. and 9 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, small ancient chip to the head and some uncleaned deposits.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberlände...
Interesting large round seal with a finely made engraving in the base, East-Anatolian, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.
Highly interesting engraving!
Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 13 mm. tall.
Condition: Near Very fine.
This seal was aquired 1991 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at repu...
A extremely well engraved large scaraboid, Western Mesopotamia, c. early-mid 2nd. millenium BC.
The seal in finely mottled stone and engraved with a capride with fine details in a drill-like style.
SizE: 30 mm. long and 20 mm wide.
Condition: Near VF, the base engraving exceptional but loss at one side around the drill from use.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.
Provenance: Gustav ...
An attractive and interesting seal carved with three horned animals and a bird behind, Western Mesopotamia, Ubaid period. c. 4th. mill. BC.
Boldly carved substantial seal in serpentine in the gable form.
Size: 27 mm. x 27 mm.
Condition: VF, fine wear from use to the horisontical perforation, but with the central seal image fully preserved.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2005. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imp...
A rarely seen scaraboid stamp seal, carved in Onyx stone, Assyrian, ca. 12th. century BC.
Attractive stamp seal carved with the scetchy image of a bull, scarab-shape after Egyptian model of the New Kingdom.
Size: 11 mm.
Condition: Choice, light chips around the horisontical piercing as usual othervise perfect.
Ex. Austrian private Collection, ca. 1970.
A rare bone seal with a finely carved base, Western Mesopotamia, dating to the 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
The seal in the rectangular gable form, carved with with two animals in the base.
Size: 25 mm. by 23 mm.
Condition: Very Fine, intact and nice for type considering the fragile material, with some extensive wear from use to the back from the string.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.
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Interesting seal carved in a fine green stone, Western Mesopotamia, probably 3th. millenium BC.
The hard stone seal is carefully carved with a symethric abstract decoration in the style of Jemdet Nasr or slightly later.
Size: 23 mm. tall and 8 mm. wide.
Condition: Good Very fine, attractive and uncleaned.
This seal was aquired 1993 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (192...
A choice Ancient Near East / Luristani tanged bronze dagger, dating to 2nd-1st mill BC.
A nice bronze dagger with rounded shoulders. Size is 30 cm - c. 12 inches.
Condition: Choice with some roughness to the edges.
Ex. Danish Private Collection.